The New Word Order
hong kong—Imagine this seating chart for a dinner at a literary festival in Hong Kong. A Chinese-American novelist sits next to an English author of Indian extraction. To his right, …
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The Punk Who Would Be King
stratford—In 2001, I took a carload of people to a reading by Chris Rickett, infamous resident and future political operator of Stratford, Ontario. We had dinner at a friend’s house—venison …
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“Lubyanka, 2 September 1918” by David Bezmozgis My dear Mika, Though you have made it clear that you do not care for me, my heart nevertheless insists that I address …
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Franklin’s Library
The sailor looks up from the book. He looks up, out of the oily coin of candlelight lying on the page. He can still hear the shore crowd at Greenhithe, …
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Green Party Blues
Can Jim Harris rescue the environment by mainstreaming the Greens?
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Arsenal of Illusion
Hollywood know-how is helping to create new kinds of military weapons that target the brain — but not with a bullet
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The Dictator Debt Catch
A US-brokered deal to forgive billions in Iraqi debt is causing other countries to say “me too,” even as some Iraqis wish they’d said “no thanks.”
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Torrential Reign
A mega file-sharing protocol called BitTorrent is making the music piracy of yesteryear look like petty theft
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A Civilizing Influence
Tariq Ali’s Islam Quintet paints a softer face on the historical interactions between Muslims and the West
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